Aviation Mechanic - General, Airframe, and Powerplant › II. Airframe › Task B. Non-Metallic Structures

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Aviation Maintenance Technician Handbook - General p. 7-42
Chapter 7: Aircraft Materials, Hardware, & Processes › Aircraft Metals › Non-Self-Locking Nuts
widespread. Common applications are: • Attachment of antifriction bearings and control pulleys • Attachment of accessories, anchor nuts around inspection holes, and small tank installation openings • Attachment of rocker box covers and exhaust stacks…
Aviation Maintenance Technician Handbook - Airframe p. 1-8
Chapter 1: Aircraft Structures › Fuselage › Semimonocoque Type
members, etc. All are designed to be attached together and to the skin to achieve the full-strength benefits of semimonocoque design. It is important to recognize that the metal skin or covering carries part of the load. The fuselage ... construction of a streamlined fuselage that is both rigid and strong. Spreading loads among these structures and the skin means no single piece is failure critical. This means that a semimonocoque fuselage, because of its stressed-skin construction, may withstand…
Aviation Maintenance Technician Handbook - Airframe p. 1-18
Chapter 1: Aircraft Structures › Wings › Nacelles
material used, the skin is typically attached to the framework with rivets. Cowling refers to the detachable panels covering those areas into which access must be gained regularly, such as the engine and its accessories. It is designed to provide ... view of the pieces of cowling for a horizontally opposed engine on a light aircraft. It is attached to the nacelle by means of screws and/or quick release fasteners. Some large reciprocating engines are enclosed by “orange peel” cowlings which…